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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (1999)
  
233

Area
  
6.96 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Omer

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Aire-sur-la-Lys

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Monday 5:26 PM

Clarques

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 77% Humidity

Clarques is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Augustin.

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Map of 62129 Clarques, France

Geography

A farming village situated 8 miles (13 km) south of Saint-Omer, on the D190 and D192 road junction. The A26 autoroute passes by the commune just 200 yards (180 m) away.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The remains of two abbeys: The Benedictine abbey of Saint-Jean-au-Mont, founded in 1080 by Hubert, Bishop of Thérouanne, was destroyed in 1537 during military operations and the community took refuge at Ypres. The other abbey was founded in 1131 as an Augustinian (Premonstratensian order) by Milon, Bishop of Thérouanne, which survived until the French Revolution.
  • A watermill
  • A chateau

    • The present chateau was built in the early 1780s by Augustin Titelouze de Gournay, a king’s musketeer, before his marriage to Marie-Therese de Feuchin in 1788. The house was enlarged in 1905 by Joseph de Gournay from the plans of architect Lillois Vilain, adding the protruding wings.

    References

    Clarques Wikipedia
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